Longwood Gardens

Hustle and bustle, grab your ticket, scan your ticket Squish into line, this-a-way, that-a-way, flora flora flora {Like PEANUTS, GET YOUR PEANUTS! 2 FER 1!} The map shows you one thing and reality another Geography 101, “Note: map not drawn to scale”Welcome to Longwood Gardens of Kennett Square This is Chester County, Mushroom Capital of the World {More than one MILLION pounds of mushrooms harvested every single week in this very place, founded in 1682!!!} Brandywine Creek Valley, the Christina River P-E-N-N-S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A, north of the Mason-Dixon Ever heard of Pierre S. du Pont? Think chemicalsHe liked this land and now it's a tree/flower/bush circus Not intimate like Maymont or Southern like Lewis Ginter or quiet and contained like the U.S. National ArboretumBut I'm showing my bias; a conservatory is a conservatory,pretty pretty pretty and funded by rich woodland enthusiastsCan't complain about the geese or the Italian fountainsonly nod in appreciation and harness thoughts of VA